Annie Lennox Quotes
I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.
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I'm my biggest inspiration. And I say this in the most humble way. I've been through so much, just in my life.
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The intense atom glows A moment, then is quenched in a most cold repose.
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You are born modern, you do not become so.
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I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.
